Category Archives: FOSS

Industrial Display

Posted on 24 September 2020 by admin

Recently required some large character displays for displaying of a 4,5 and 6 digit number behind a customised dashboard prominently displayed in several locations in the factory, the digit must be readable from very far away and needed to be … Continue reading →

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USB Real-Time Clock for Raspberry Pi, etc

Posted on 13 December 2017 by admin

Unlike a PC the Raspberry Pi does not come with any sort real time clock. Usually this is not a problem as it is connected to the Internet and a simple poll of one of the many clock sources will … Continue reading →

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PT100 Control Board for Raspberry Pi. Completed!

Posted on 22 August 2016 by admin

I have recently completed this project. It has the same specification as the previous post however a few improvements have been made in light of new information. The board is intended to accurately control the temperatures of 4 wine tanks … Continue reading →

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Serial Port combiner for RFID station

Posted on 22 December 2015 by admin

I have a project where the HMI (Human-Machine Interface – ie the touch screen PC) is situated 20M from the station. Normally I would move the screen but this time it was not possible. The station has a printer and … Continue reading →

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Adding a Message Of the Day or Quote of the Day to your system

Posted on 19 October 2015 by admin

Got handed a nice SQL file a few years back, one which I slip into most of my applications and one that generates quotes of the day, (or Message of the day – MOTD) there are 1462 records or about … Continue reading →

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